For several weeks, applejack was getting used to her new temporary routine while waiting for the doctor to clear her to go back to her routine before her injury. By the fourth week she was walking with only one crutch instead of two, the day before she was supposed to get to the doctor to get the cast off she was walking exclusively without crutches.
The morning of her appointment she had asked Fluttershy and twilight to help her get her stuff ready for her appointment, before leaving Twilight asked applejack, "Are you going to need the stuff we had made for you any longer since you might get your cast off." Applejack said, "I'll keep it on hand in case I need them in the future, since injuries are frequent here." Fluttershy asked, "What kind of injuries, are broken bones common for you guys and the workers." Applejack said, "Yes they are somewhat common but there are some injuries that are more common but we do get a lot of broken bones every so often." Fluttershy asked, "Which injuries are less common with you." Applejack said, "Head injuries are usually our least common thing we experience but we did have someone get one in the last year."
After the conversation, Big Mac knocked on Applejacks door and asked, "Are you ready to go." Applejack said to Fluttershy and twilight, "Can you guys stay here while I go to my appointment, I should be back within a few hours." Twilight said, "We don't mind applejack, we can watch Applebloom and play with her while you're out ok."
After a few minutes applejack was out the door heading to the doctor, when she got to the doctor, she waited about twenty minutes before getting called. The doctor then came into the office and said, "Alright applejack let's see how your leg is doing." The doctor took applejack into the X-ray room, while applejack was getting the X-ray Big Mac saw a magazine that interested him, it was a holistic healing magazine. He read the magazine while waiting for applejack to come back. When applejack came back from the X-ray room, she asked, "Hey Big Mac, what are you looking at." Big Mac said, "There is an article in this magazine that peaked my interest, maybe it's something we can look into." Applejack said, "You mean the magazine or the stuff in the article, we have no need for magazines since we get very busy sometimes." Big Mac said, "It was the article it mentions some things we can try, a few of your friends can help with the stuff mentioned." Applejack said, "Maybe we can look at the article while waiting for the doctor to return with the X-ray." After close to thirty minutes, the doctor came back with the X-ray and said, "After looking at the X-ray you can get your cast off now, also I noticed you were reading one of our magazines is there something interesting in it that you would want to try." Big Mac said, "There was an article on salt water therapy, is it something you recommend." The doctor said, "There are some things I recommend it for yes but I don't think you will need it for your current situation but you can use it if you want, however for your case, I recommend anything proven to help the muscles due to the stiffness from the cast and eating more stuff that helps the muscles for the next week but other than that we removed Applejacks cast so you are good to go." After getting the clear to check out, Applejack and Big Mac left the doctors office.
It took about an hour before applejack and Big Mac arrived home, when they arrived home, Applebloom came to the door and greeted Applejack and said to her, "I'm so glad you're home." Applejack said to Applebloom, "Hey squirt did you have fun while I was out." Applebloom said, "I had some fun, twilight brought out the chess set and we played a few games of them, she won two of the games while I won one game and then we played some checkers." Applejack said, "I'm glad you had some fun, that was something I was thinking about before I left I wanted to make sure you were entertained, so I'm glad you were entertained." After talking applejack made some lunch and went back to work.